9318 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9318
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Procedures for Stocking Nonnative Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

B. At a minimum, the reporting will include the following
information on nonnative fish species that are stocked into the
Upper Colorado River Basin:
(1). Species;
(2). Location;
(3). Number Stocked;
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(4). Size of Fish Stocked (mean total length or numbers/pound);
(5). Criteria Used for Routine Stocking from Section IV or the
written proposal submitted for case-by-case review.
2. Five-Year Review
A. Five years after implementation of these procedures, and every
five years thereafter, a Program review will be conducted to
determine:
(1). Adequacy of procedures to protect endangered fishes;
(2). Effects of procedures on private landowners;
(3). Effects on aquaculture industry;
(4). Impacts on warmwater fishing.
B. Once a Lake Management Plan or stocking proposal has been
approved, it will be reviewed every 5 years thereafter and
submitted to the Service by the respective State wildlife
agency with the following determinations:
(1). Did the body of water reconnect with the river during the
previous 5 years?
(2). Is escapement occurring?
(3). Recommendations for addressing escapement, if it is
occurring.
If escapement has not occurred during the previous 5 years,
modification of the stocking proposal or Lake Management Plan
will not be required.
XI. MODIFICATIONS OF THESE PROCEDURES
The States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming or the Service can request a
review or update of these Procedures at any time.
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